In order to show their sincerity in cooperation, Xiguang's people waited until Elansno arrived before starting the meal.

Whether intentionally or not, Elan Snow was placed opposite Lan Xia at the big round table, the farthest away.

Nie Liang was very sensitive and noticed that after seeing his position clearly, the smile on the admiral's face faded for a moment, and then rose again, but his mood was obviously a little depressed.

He looked in the direction of Lan Xia thoughtfully.

The Admiral...cares a lot about this person.

Nie Liang lowered his eyes and pulled out a chair for Ellan Snow.

Lan Xia smiled and said, "Let's eat!"

Shoubing served dinner.

He became more and more obsessive about cooking, and except for Lan Xia, everyone else's dinner was the same, down to the size and shape of every piece of meat.

The combination of meat and vegetables, plus a little dessert, is very pleasing to the eye.

Lan Xia's dinner stood out.

A bowl of porridge.

He endured it and said, "...We have guests here today, can't you give me a little face? I've already eaten three meals!"

Finally, he added: "A piece of dessert is also fine."

Elan Snow couldn't help but touch her lips.

My brother still loves desserts as much as before. He pushed the portion in front of him forward and said, "I don't like sweets. I'll give it all to you."

Nie Liang looked at the food on Elansno's plate with a worried look on his face.

What is all this?

None of it is easy to digest.

The general cannot eat it.

Lan Xia's eyes lit up slightly, and then she coughed shyly: "In that case..." He was not polite anymore.

"no!"

The voices of Alger and the other four rang out at the same time.

Lan Xia's smile froze: "..."

Shou Bing explained to Elansno apologetically, "I appreciate the admiral's kindness, but the teacher has a bad stomach and I have been taking care of him all along. He will only eat porridge tonight."

Elan Snow didn't answer, and Nie Liang's already wrinkled brows became even tighter.

I feel a little unhappy. Who is more valuable than who? Why should the general be the same as them just because their teacher eats porridge?

Nie Liang: "The admiral also has stomach problems, and has always had a special doctor in charge of his treatment."

Shoubing: “?”

Shoubing put down the spatula and said, "Teacher, I put no less than ten kinds of ingredients into this bowl of porridge. It takes four hours to cook. It won't put any extra burden on your body."

They both narrowed their eyes.

The atmosphere is subtle.

A strange desire to win came up.

Shoubing: "Teacher balaabala..."

Nie Liang: "General, bala..."

The painting style gradually shifted.

Arge, Jin Daiqi, and Lian Yao slowly typed: "......?"

The little ball of light was in the sea of ​​​​consciousness of Miyato, and her laughter was as shy as a bell. By the way, she dug out a fantasy Barbie castle: "Are you embarrassed? Are you embarrassed? Hahaha!"

Gong Du: “…”

Seeing that a quarrel was about to break out, Alger finally tried to smooth things over: "Okay, okay, since Mr. Ellansno just woke up, he probably wouldn't be suitable for this dinner. How about trying to eat with the teacher... uh... Huhu?"

Nie Liang felt that he had not lost the argument and had achieved his goal, so he smiled and said, "Please move your seat. We are here to have dinner, not to sit with them."

Shoubing: “?”

Lan Xia: “?”

Elan Snow: “?”

"Nielian, you..."

Nie Liangchong blinked at him and quickly returned to his serious and polite appearance.

Ellan Snow was slightly stunned.

Three minutes later.

Elan Snow's seat was moved next to Lan Xia, and they sat side by side.

A bowl of sweet porridge was placed in front of each of them.

Lan Xia held his forehead and whispered, "I'm sorry to have implicated you."

His pair of pale golden eyes looked over, with no hostility or disgust, only a hint of helplessness and amusement, as gentle as a breeze.

"...It's okay." Ellan Snow lowered his eyes, his eyes were a little hot, then he smiled, took a sip and said, "It's actually not bad."

It was something he had been longing for for more than ten years.

Xiguang and the others ate in silence, feeling that the scene was so harmonious that it was weird and absurd.

There is a natural sense of warmth.

I never dreamed that I would see this scene in my lifetime, a federal admiral eating sweet porridge here, who would believe it if I told others about it.

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More than half a month passed in a flash.

The power of the entire Northwest Star Region gradually gathered, preparing to launch a general offensive. Affairs became increasingly busy, and Alger and his companions were often not seen all day.

Elansno kept wearing it in the Xiguang like this. He cherished this time very much and would go to Lan Xia whenever he had time.

But I didn't dare get too close, for fear that he would discover something.

There was no movement from the royal family, and the affairs of the First Legion were handed over to Nie Liang. When he first started running back and forth, he was still worried about leaving the admiral here alone, but later he gradually got used to it.

He even memorized a recipe of the admiral's favorite dishes and gave it to Shoubing, and walked away amid Shoubing's angry roar of "I'm not just a cook."

Elan Snow seemed to be very interested in the seed that Lan Xia had always cherished.

He always lay on Lanxia's window sill, staring intently.

One day, Alger passed by and saw him, and warned him, "Be careful. If you bump into him, the teacher will probably get angry with you."

Ellen Snow: "It's just a rock."

He lied to his brother and said he got it from a priest, but in fact he just ground the stone into the shape of a seed. Unexpectedly, after so many years, his brother still kept it.

"You knew?" Alge was shocked, lowering his voice, his eyes suddenly serious, "Don't tell the teacher."

Ellan Snow was slightly stunned: "Why? Did you know it a long time ago?"

Alger briefly explained it to him, and then said, "Now you understand. You should also remember that when the teacher was fighting with you before, the seed fell down, and he even ignored his own life to catch it."

"I really can't imagine what the teacher would think if he knew... But how did you figure it out? Are you as knowledgeable about seeds as Lian Yao?"

Ellan Snow was silent for a long time.

"I……"

"No matter what, just keep it a secret," Alger nodded to him and said politely, "I'm leaving first."

Ellan Snow looked at the flower pot, curling his fingers slightly.

……never mind.

He would tell his brother after the Confederation was overthrown, hoping that his brother would not blame him for deceiving him for so many years.

Regardless of whether he was willing to accept the identity of 'Admiral Elansno', he was already guilty of a monstrous crime, and there was an unbridgeable blood chasm between him and the clean 'Lanno'.

He is now just like his brother said.

Bloody and dirty.

Not worthy.

One night.

Suddenly, a loud shout came from the direction of the kitchen: "Elan Snow! Did you steal dessert for the teacher again? You bastard!!"

"You will have no breakfast tomorrow!!"

Shoubing's shy good temper was quickly angered by Elansno and sent to outer space.

Jin Daixi, who was stargazing under a tree, suddenly heard her ears move and immediately and calmly moved the teacup beside her.

The next second, a figure passed by the treetop above her head, and a few leaves fell down.

Ellan Snow flew over the treetops, protecting the snack in his hand. That evil idea popped up, and he turned around and said, "If you don't do it, you'll steal your teacher's money!"

Shoubing: “…”

Aaaah——!

"Don't stop me, Decca!"

Jin Daixi pulled his collar and said speechlessly: "How childish of you two."

Elansno snorted lightly, and after a few quick steps, he arrived at the gate of Xiguang Inner City. After seeing a figure, his eyes lit up slightly, and he stopped and walked over quickly.

Brother, "...Here's some dessert for you." He called out in his heart and handed the dessert over.

Lan Xia turned around and asked: "You didn't get discovered, did you?"

He reached out and took it, like a habitual offender.

Two S-class fell here.

Elan Snow looked at him and smiled: "Eat quickly."

Lan Xia complained: "They are too cautious. Actually, it's nothing serious... It's delicious. Do you want to try some?"

He narrowed his eyes in amusement.

Ellen Snow said, "I don't like sweets."

"Teacher, Elan Snow, what are you doing?" Arge's steady voice came.

When the two men, one stealing and the other eating, heard this, they both froze.

“…”

It's over, the crime scene was caught.

Lian Yao looked like a demon even when he was angry under his sexless puppet shell: "Today, Alger and I were patrolling the city. Shoubing had told me about this a long time ago, but I didn't expect to see it with my own eyes today. Teacher, Elan Snow, are you two children?"

Alge really couldn't understand how the two of them could be so compatible.

The teacher's attitude towards Ellen Snow became softer day by day.

Lan Xia turned around, holding the remaining piece of wrapping paper in her hand, and tried to explain: "I just took Elan Snow out for a walk, and the dessert was..."

"I finished the dessert, and you teacher was just helping me take out the trash," Ellan Snow said without batting an eyelid.

Lian Yao: “…”

Do you think we are blind?

"Forget it," Alge said helplessly, "Since we are just out for a stroll, then teacher, you can come with us."

Lan Xia: “Okay.”

The inner city is very quiet at dawn at night. Most of the people living here are the families of the warriors left behind, mostly children. They go to bed early and occasionally you can hear the barking of puppies.

There are traces of children's play on both sides of the street.

Colorful paper airplanes were piled in a corner, and the mechanical cleaners did not sweep them away because they would be picked up by children and fly away tomorrow.

Very lively.

"In about three days, the Northwest Star Region will be assembling its troops to set out," Alger said, "Mr. Elansno, you need to go back in the next two days and make preparations in advance."

Eighty percent of the items in the First Legion's arsenal had been transported here by Nie Liang in succession, and the information provided by Elansno was enough for Xiguang to take a gamble.

“…So fast.”

Ellan Snow smiled and said, "It felt like it was over in the blink of an eye."

It turns out there are only two days left.

Suddenly there was a gust of wind, and a paper airplane blew over from somewhere and landed at Elansno's feet. He bent down and picked it up.

Lan Xia: "During this period, it is very popular among children in Xiguang Inner City to make origami airplanes. When the machines clean up, they will remove some of the broken ones and only keep the ones that can still fly."

In Ellan Snow's hand was a red paper airplane, neatly folded, and lying in her white palm, it looked very beautiful.

“It’s really beautiful,” he said.

Lan Xia's eyes were gentle: "It represents the children's wishes. If they fly, they believe their wishes will come true. Have you played with it before? You can try to fly it."

There was a faint line of crooked ink on the edge of the paper, with four words written on it:

'The Egyptian dog must die'.

I also drew a few innocent skulls.

Because of the angle, Lan Xia didn't see it, but Alge saw it clearly.

He frowned immediately. Now the news of the cooperation between Elansno and Xiguang was still semi-blocked, and these children didn’t know... Alge was about to say something when he saw Elansno smile.

He looked at Lan Xia: "There is a good wish written on it. Do you want it to fly?"

Lan Xia: "I want to see how far I can fly."

Ellen Snow: “Okay.”

He held it steadily and pushed it forward, even using a little bit of his mental strength. The red paper plane flew away swiftly, as beautiful as an elegant butterfly, carrying the child's most sincere and pure wishes, and blending into the night.

Why is it a red paper plane?

Red. Bloody.

The hatred that was ingrained in the bones of countless people, even passed on to the next generation, turned into a paper airplane and flew into his hands on this ordinary night that he cherished so much.

Like a tangled thread of fate, it silently reminded him of something.

Alger: “You…”

"I'll go back first," Ellen Snow said, "It's getting late."

Lan Xia looked at his leaving back, frowned after a moment, and quickly sensed something. Her purple mental power quickly reached out and grabbed the red paper plane back.

He unfolded it and was stunned.

I remembered Ellan Snow's peaceful expression and words just now.

His heart tightened slightly.

The scent of rose dessert still lingered in his mouth, but now it tasted a little bitter. He looked in the direction where Elansno had left, "...Is he feeling unwell?"

Lian Yao took it and looked at it. "Probably not. These words, compared with the previous comments online, must be just child's play."

"That's nothing to Ellan Snow, he's even read those words publicly on StarNet before."

Lan Xia murmured: "But why do I feel so sad?"

Arge: “Teacher?”

"...It's okay," Lan Xia came back to her senses, lowered her eyes, and pulled herself out of the inexplicable emotions just now: "Maybe it's his eyes that always remind me of my brother. After a long time, I may have hallucinations."

He looked at the paper airplane on the corner, paused, and said, "After all, Elan Snow and Xiguang are now partners. Those things should not appear again in the future."

Arge agreed: "Okay."

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In the next two days, Elan Snow did not go around Lan Xia as usual. Apart from meeting her at dinner time, he did not come out again, using the excuse of "dealing with the affairs of the First Legion".

The day before leaving.

Nie Liang came to pick him up.

They left directly from the inner city.

Arge: “Everything went well.”

Lan Xia: "Contact us immediately if anything happens."

Elansno changed into a military uniform today, which he hadn't worn for a while. The murderous aura formed by his many years of commanding the First Legion gave people a great sense of oppression without being seen.

It seemed as if he had completely separated himself from the bad guy who had made people angry during his time in Xiguang, and at first glance, he looked a little strange.

This is Elansno in his normal state.

The Confederation admiral who has the power to kill and survive, has emerged from a sea of ​​blood and countless corpses.

"It's cold," Nie Liang said as he put a cloak on him from behind. "Admiral, let's go."

Elansno took a half step forward, looked at Lan Xia for a long time, and said jokingly: "I am very happy staying in Xiguang, and I hit it off with Mr. Lan Xia right away. You seem to be a little older than me, and our partnership is, if you don't mind--"

"Maybe I can call you brother."

After these words were spoken, Alge and others who were very sensitive to this word were slightly stunned, but Nie Liang glanced at Elansno as if he had noticed something.

Lan Xia was a little surprised, then smiled and said, "It's an honor, but I'm sorry, this title only belongs to one person, so I can't agree."

"What a pity," Ellan Snow seemed to just say it, and lowered his military cap so that no one could see his eyes.

"Then I hope Xiguang can get what he wants this time."

He left.

Lan Xia said "goodbye" from behind.

Ellan Snow did not look back.

The author has something to say:

Two cats eating together and then spitting blood at each other (×)

Two cats eat sweet candy from the sweet brothers together (√)

So cute (/ω＼)

ps: The next chapter is expected to have a lot of words, and I want to finish it in one go, otherwise it will be very uncomfortable if I get stuck in the middle, so I probably won’t be able to finish it today, so don’t wait for me.

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